ELYRIA — The 26th annual Cordelia Robbins Memorial awards were distributed to Chronicle-Telegram staff Thursday. Robbins was a longtime Chronicle editor. After her death in 1986, Robbins’ family and the late Arthur D. Hudnutt, then Chronicle editor and publisher, established the awards to honor good journalism. First-place winners included reporter Lisa Roberson’s in-depth profile of Read More…

ELYRIA — Accused killer Anna Carter has been granted permission to travel to Westlake to apply for a job and possibly work at a nursing home there. Defense attorney Mike Duff said his client, a state-tested nursing assistant, would work in the nursing home’s kitchen and as an STNA if she were to get the Read More…

Hunting is, at least in part, about tradition. My grandfather was a folk hero to me, and in my earliest memories I dreamed of going fishing with the master angler or maybe, someday, even hunting with him. He taught me how to shoot at a young age, and brought me along teaching me nature’s Read More…

Ruth A. Gibbons (nee Gatten), 86, of Elyria, passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at her home, following a unexpected illness. She was born February 21, 1928 in Bellaire, Ohio and was a lifelong Elyria resident. Ruth worked at the Hydra-Tube Company in Oberlin as a machine operator for over 30 years. She enjoyed watching Read More…

Frank N. Satorius, 78, of Sheffield Village, passed away Monday, October 7, 2013 at St. John Medical Center in Westlake, following a long illness. He was born October 25, 1934 in Cleveland. Frank served in the U.S. Army, and retired from Weyerhaeuser (formerly Bloedel Containers), following 47 years of service as a Production Scheduler. He Read More…

Nikki L. Majcher (nee Jeffords), 65, of Lorain, died Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at her residence, while under the care of New Life Hospice, following a short illness. She was born on December 21, 1947 in Columbus, to the late Charles and Evelyn (nee Tennihill) Jeffords, moving to Lorain in 1955. Nikki was a 1965 Read More…

Loyd Samual Haggard, 70, went home Tuesday, October 8, 2013. He was born March 11, 1943 in Hooks, Texas. He is survived by Lisa (Haggard) Lafolette, James Lafolette, Douglas Haggard, Terry Haggard; and numerous other family members including 10 grandchildren; brothers, Louis Haggard, Ken Haggard, Ron Haggard, William Haggard (deceased); and sister, Mary (Haggard) West Read More…

Dora Katherine Unger (nee Down), 104, of Amherst, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior Thursday, October 10, 2013, from the Mill Manor Nursing Home in Vermilion. Dora was born January 3, 1909 in Sheffield Township. She was raised and lived in Sheffield Township for most of her life until 1983, when Read More…

Richard M. Elwell, 68, passed away at his residence in Chardon, Ohio on Thursday, October 3, 2013. Richard was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Western New York and Elyria, graduating from Elyria High School in 1963. He went on to graduate from Bluffton College and Phillips University with a Master of Read More…

Janet Wavelene Kuhl (nee Nolan), 70, of Elyria, departed this life to be with her Lord and Savior Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at Cleveland Clinic, following a lengthy illness. Janet was born July 22, 1943 in Lewis County, West Virginia. She lived for a brief time in Lagrange, before moving to Elyria, in 1972, where Read More…